Stephen Hagiochristophorites

Stephen Hagiochristophorites (1130-11 September 1185) was a courtier of the Byzantine Empire under Andronicus I of Byzantium. He was sent to arrest Isaac Angelos in 1185, but Isaac killed him and seized power for himself.

Biography
Stephen Hagiochristophorites was born in 1130 of humble origin, the son of a tax collector of the Byzantine Empire. He was greeted with hostility by the aristocracy when he tried to enter the imperial court, but Emperor Alexius II of Byzantium appointed him Administrator of the Army; he would continue to hold this post under Andronicus I of Byzantium. In September 1185, he was sent to arrest the aristocrat Isaac Angelos Doukas in Constantinople when a court soothsayer said that Andronicus' successor's name would start with an "I". However, Isaac charged on his horse and cut off Stephen's head, and he rode down the streets, telling all the people of his deed. He was made the new emperor, and Andronicus was killed soon after.